Re: 2.6.19 -mm merge plans

[Andrew Morton]

On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:46:37 +0800
Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 01:54:38PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > 
> >  The readahead code is complex, I'm unconvinced that it has a lot of benefit
> >  and Wu has gone quiet.  Will drop.
> 
> Sorry, I've been putting efforts to meet the deadline of the google
> SoC project "Rapid linux desktop startup through pre-caching", which
> still can not be called success for now. And there's my pending paper
> work...

Oh, OK.

That's a neat thing to be working on.

> I should be able to come back and concentrate on the readahead patch
> after one month, whether it be dropped for now.  I guess it can be
> further improved in complexity and performance.  It also needs a good
> document for the overall design and benefits.  And sure the
> performance numbers :-)

I'll hang onto the patches then - they're causing little maintenance
trouble for me.

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